Sloan v. Hall

HIGHERS, Judge.

This case arises from the attempt of the plaintiff, James Sloan, to purchase radio station WZZI in Monroe County, Tennessee, from the Man Corporation in which Gary Hall, one of the defendants, was the sole shareholder. 1 Several questions have been presented for review, but we perceive the determinative issue to be whether the co-defendant in the trial court, William France, was the agent of Sloan or Hall. 2

In December of 1979, through William France, the defendant, Gary Hall, was contacted by the plaintiff, James Sloan, in response to an advertisement that WZZI was for sale.…